memeorandum: Hillary Clinton crafts defense on tenure at State Department (Niall Stanage/The Hill)

9:55 AM ET, June 18, 2015

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Nine Are Killed in Charleston Church Shooting; Gunman Is Sought — CHARLESTON, S.C. — A white gunman opened fire Wednesday night at a historic black church in downtown Charleston, S.C., killing nine people before fleeing and setting off an overnight manhunt, the police said.

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Matthew Fortner / Post and Courier:

Nine shot, multiple fatalities reported in downtown church shooting — Staff reports — Scene of church shooting at 9 p.m. at 110 Calhoun Street, site of Mother Emanuel AME Church. — Nine people were shot, some fatally, inside one of Charleston's oldest and most well known black churches tonight.

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Post and Courier:

Nine dead after ‘hate crime’ shooting at Emanuel AME — (Matthew Fortner/staff) Scene of church shooting at 9 p.m. at 110 Calhoun Street, site of Mother Emanuel AME Church. — The Post and Courier — A white gunman killed nine people during a prayer meeting at one of Charleston's oldest …

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Ed Payne / CNN:

Source: Multiple fatalities in shooting at Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church in downtown Charleston — Police: Shooting at a church in Charleston, S.C. 01:32 — An official close to the investigation told CNN there are multiple fatalities inside the church.

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Washington Post:

9 dead in ‘hate crime’ shooting at historic African American church in Charleston … CHARLESTON, S.C. — Police widened the search Thursday for a gunman who opened fire and killed nine people during a prayer service at a historic African American church in downtown Charleston …

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Alex Sanz / Associated Press:
Mass Shooting at Historic Black Church in Charleston, SC

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Associated Press:
Pastor, 8 others, fatally shot at church in Charleston, SC

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WCSC-TV:
CHARLESTON, SC (WCSC)

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New York Times:

Pope Francis, in Sweeping Encyclical, Calls for Swift Action on Climate Change — VATICAN CITY — Pope Francis on Thursday called for a radical transformation of politics, economics and individual lifestyles to confront environmental degradation and climate change, as his much-awaited papal encyclical blended …

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Sahil Kapur / Bloomberg Business:
Republican Presidential Hopefuls to Make Their Pitch at Evangelical Summit

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Jeb Bush / Guardian:
Jeb Bush joins Republican backlash against pope on climate change

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Brian Stelter / CNNMoney:

Brian Williams expected to stay at NBC — Brian Williams is down, but not out. — NBC and Williams have come to a tentative agreement that will keep Williams at the network after his six-month suspension ends in August. — The decision, described by people with knowledge of the plan …

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New York Times:

Brian Williams to Stay at NBC, but Not as News Anchor — NBC is planning to announce on Thursday that Brian Williams will not return to his position as the anchor of its “Nightly News” show, four months after the network suspended him for exaggerating his role in a helicopter incident in Iraq …

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Hollywood Reporter:

Donald Trump Campaign Offered Actors $50 to Cheer for Him at Presidential Announcement — Donald Trump's big presidential announcement Tuesday was made a little bigger with help from paid actors — at $50 a pop. — New York-based Extra Mile Casting sent an email last Friday to its client list …

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Alex Griswold / Mediaite:
Donald Trump's First Speech Was Basically Filled With Lies

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Glenn Kessler / Washington Post:
Fact checking Donald Trump's presidential announcement speech

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Niall Stanage / The Hill:

Hillary Clinton crafts defense on tenure at State Department — Hillary Clinton has started to formulate a strategy on one of the thorniest issues she will face on the campaign trail: her tenure as President Obama's secretary of State. — Republicans have ripped Clinton's reign …

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Jackie Calmes / New York Times:

Woman's Portrait Will Appear on the $10 Bill — WASHINGTON — Growing numbers of Americans are going cashless, but demands to finally put a woman on paper currency persist. And now the Treasury has announced that a portrait of a woman, to be determined soon, will grace the $10 bill.

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Washington Post: A woman will appear on redesigned $10 bill in 2020. Who will it be?

Jeet Heer / The New Republic:

The Last Time Conservatives Dismissed a Major Encyclical, It Ended Terribly for Them — Despair is ranked as one of the unforgivable sins, yet right-wing Catholics deserve some mercy in their despondency. The bulwark of their political creed is being subverted by both the new direction Pope Francis …

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Sophia Tesfaye / Salon:

Fox News as we know it may be screwed: Roger Ailes' stunning rebuke could spell the end — With Rupert Murdoch stepping aside, Roger Ailes will now report to Murdoch's Fox-hating sons — After reports surfaced that Rupert Murdoch planned to step down as head of media giant 21st Century Fox …

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Gabriel Sherman / New York Magazine:
Roger Ailes's Demotion Signals Power Shift Within Murdoch Empire

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Politico:

Senate GOP floats 2-year Obamacare fix — Senate Republicans are coalescing around a plan to extend Obamacare subsidies for up to two years if the Supreme Court strikes them this month. — The court is due to rule within days on whether the president's health care law allows people using HealthCare.gov to get insurance subsidies.

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Robert Pear / New York Times:
Top Plaintiff in Health Subsidies Case Awaits Edict Unperturbed

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Robert Pear / New York Times:
G.O.P. Is Wary About Winning on Health Law

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Kimberly Hefling / Politico:

Scott Walker's latest target: College professors — As Republican Gov. Scott Walker prepares to campaign for president as the man who tamed Wisconsin's unions, he's targeting tenure protections for professors at public colleges and universities. — Getty

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James Pindell / BostonGlobe.com:

N.H., Iowa Republicans fret about primary power loss — DERRY, N.H. — For nearly a half century, Iowa and New Hampshire have played a pivotal role in American electoral politics. But their top place on the nominating calendar is under threat like never before.

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